The Trump administration want to cut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Advocates in the Northeast warn the results would be dangerous to residents, if not deadly.
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Federal authorities have said right whales need to have at least 50 calves per season to start recovering. But scientists with the New England Aquarium in Boston say this calving...
The Healey administration is proposing a strategy to protect the Massachusetts coastline from rising seas and intensifying storms, with a new draft plan that calls for a study of evacuation...
Welcome center hours and park programs could be affected this summer by reduced staff, according to leaders at partnering organizations.
“If you like to watch birds, if you like to fish, if you like to go on walks in the forest, then you probably would care that ecosystems research is...
The Environmental Protection Agency will roll back some regulations for toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water. The agency will keep other rules for PFAS chemicals but extend the compliance deadline...
The flights will image geology as part of a national effort to modernize geological maps in the region. The planes will take measurements over a large swath of central and...
Gov. Maura Healey proposed Tuesday to repeal a law put in place by voters as part of a worldwide nuclear freeze movement, a bid to open the door to greater...
Staff and budget cuts at local offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are degrading weather forecasts and adding chaos to New England's commercial fisheries. Proposed additional cuts...
